BREAKING NEWS: LEGISLATURE SAYS KEY WEST CAN’T LIMIT CRUISE SHIPS
Key West’s effort to ban large cruise ships is on death row, the governor its only lifeline.
A single signature by Gov. Ron DeSantis could bring a breathless...
LOCAL MASK MANDATE ENDS, PER PAIR OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS
Mask-wearing mandates and other local government COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and individuals in Florida are no longer in effect, per a pair of executive orders signed by...
BREAKING NEWS: SCHOOL DISTRICT INVESTIGATING RACISM ALLEGATIONS
School district officials acted quickly on Friday to investigate allegations of racism at Sugarloaf School.
“We have zero tolerance for bullying and harassment in our schools,” Superintendent Theresa...
BREAKING NEWS: LOCAL TEEN ARRESTED FOR HAVING GUN ON SCHOOL BUS
Key West Police Department reported the following about an incident that occurred Wednesday morning:
On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Key West Police received information about a teen who...
BREAKING NEWS: COAST GUARD REPORTS 2 DEAD, 8 RESCUED, 10 MISSING IN WATER AFTER...
The Coast Guard is searching for 10 people reportedly missing in the water about 16 miles southwest of Key West. Officials said the search will continue through...
BREAKING NEWS: KEY WEST RESTAURANTS HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT SIDEWALK CAFE FEES
“Table for two? Outside? Certainly. Right this way.”
The above exchange has occurred constantly at Key West restaurants since COVID reduced capacities and severely threatened local livelihoods, prompting...
SCHOOL BOARD LIKELY TO FACE OPPOSITION OVER KEY WEST STADIUM CONTRACT
Although a selection committee will advise the Monroe County School Board to award Ajax Building Co. a $15 million contract at tomorrow evening's scheduled meeting — the...
BREAKING NEWS: PATTI McLAUCHLIN WILL BE KEY WEST’S CITY MANAGER; PENDING COMMISSION APPROVAL
Call off the search.
Key West may not need a new city manager for another two years. Patti McLauchlin has agreed to drop the word "interim" from her...
LOCAL COMPANY PROTESTS SCHOOL DISTRICT’S STADIUM CONTRACT
A local construction company is asking how the school district can award seven consecutive construction contracts to the same company when a state law requires them to...
BREAKING NEWS: KEY WEST & POLICE PREVAIL IN LAWSUIT OVER CHILD’S ARREST
A federal judge this week ruled in favor of the city of Key West and three of its police officers in a lawsuit involving the arrest and...
